Automatic tie-holder fastener



July 7, 1925. 1,545,468

' M. DOMENICO AUTOMATIC TIE HOLDER FASTENEH Filed Jan. 30, 1925 Warm/17m fiahezzz'w INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented July 7, 1925.

UNITED STATES 1,545,468 PATENT OFFICE.

MARooLINA DOMENIGO, or rrrILAnnLrHm, PENNSYLVANIA.

AUTOMATIC TIE-HOLDER FASTENER.

Application: filed January 30, 1925. Serial No. 5,875,

readily applied to the front collar; button stud. v 1

Another object of the invention is the provision of means included in the fastener whereby slight pressure on the endportions thereof will expand the fastener in order that the same may be spread so that the same may be positioned over or removed from the forward stud portion of the front collar button. 1

A further object of the invention is the provision of stud members mounted upon the outer end portions of the fastener and which are adapted to extend through button-holes arranged in a softcoll'ar whereby the same will hold the'collar toward the neck as well as provide means for operating the fastener and provide a: very neat ap pearance to the collar.

With the. above and other objects in View, the invention further includes the following novel features and details of construction, to be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a soft .collar showing the present invention ap-v plied thereto with the four-in-hand tie looped thereover.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the invention.

Figure 3 is a similar view of a modification of the invention.

Figure 1 is an end elevation of the pre ferred formof my invention.

Referring to the drawing in detail, wherein like characters of reference denote corresponding parts, the reference character 10 indicates a collar which is preferably of a soft or semi-softmaterial and which has button-holes included upon opposite end portions thereof which is of the usual and well known construction or type and forms no part of the present application nor in i combination withthe four-in-hand tie 11 which are merely shown for purposes of illustration in bringing forward the purposes and advantages of the above entitled application.

Referring to Figures 1 and 2 oft-the drawing wherein the preferred form of my 111- .vention is shown I provide a singular length of rust proof wire which is bent or curved intermediate the length thereof as at 12 and which has. its opposite end portions extending upwardly and outwardly and looped as at 13'. Theseloops 13 in turn have their opposite end portions extending rearwardly and back of the curved portion 12 and meet each other or intersect as at 1 1 and are then reversely curved outwardlyas at 15- and provide arcuate shaped portions 16 while the outer end portions of the wire include stud member 17 thereon which are" adapted to be inserted within the buttonholes provided in the soft collar 10 whereby the outer flap of the collar will be held inwardly toward the inner flap in order to provide aneat appearance of the collar. 1 It will also be noted that upo-n pressure, stress or exercise upon the stud member 17 that the looped or arcuate shaped portion 16 will be caused. to be spaced apart in order to allow the forward stud portion, not shown, of a collar button, not shown, to be insorted therein and upon the release of the stud member 17 it will be noted that the arcuate shaped portion 16 will engage the shafts, not shown, of the collar button, not shown, in order that the device may be securely held to the collar and in proper position through the instrumentality of the stud members extending through the but ton-holes of the collar 10.

hen applying a tie such as shown at 11 in Figure 1 of the drawingto this invention it will be clearly apparent that upon taking the .tie and putting the end portions together and then taking the upper portions of the two lengths and positioning them over the loop 13 it will be noted that one portion of the tie will extend across the intermediate portion 12 and that the stud members will extend rearwardly of the tie.

Referring to Figure 1 of the drawing wherein a modification of my invention is shown, I include the identical structure of the preferred form save hook'members 17 as shown positioned on the preferred form of theinventionin Figure 2 of the drawing; in this form of the invention 'I' extend the free end portion of the wire outwardly and loop them upon themselves as at 18 and which loop portions may be stressed as the stud portion 17 and it will also'be apparent that this form of the invention is to be applied to stiff collars and the'loop portions 18 are adapted to lie flush with theouter side of the inner flap of the collar as there are no button-holes provided in stiff collars.

It will be noted that owing to the simple andnovel construction of the fastener that the same may be manufactured in great numbers and consequently sold at a very nominal cost and willp'rovi'de a very efficient and effective tie holding fastenerwhich owing to the novel forrn of attaching me'ans'to the 'stud of a collarbutton that the same may be securely held thereto against accidental displacement and p'revent"wea-r of the ties as they are merely looped upon themselves over the looped portions 13 of 'thefaste'ner and consequently are not rubbed owing to constant tying and pulling'when tying a four-in-hand knot'. Owing to the nominal cost of these fasteners a tiemay be 'tied'up'on' each of thefasteners and held on a rack whereby the ties maybe taken 30- collar.

down and readily and easily applied to the The invention is susceptible of various changes'in its form, proportions and minor details of construction, and "the right is herein reserved to make such changes as pr'operlyifall within the scope of the appended claims.

' Having thus described my invention what is claimed is looped "portions extend rearwardly and downwardly and are reversely intersect-ed,

'andstud'memb'ers formed on the outer end portions thereof. 7

2. An automatic tie'holder and fastener of the o'haracter described comprising a single length of wire having its inter- 'mediate*poi"tions curved downwardly and providing upwardly "andoutwardly extending looped portions therefrom; the opposite end-portions extending downwardly and rearwardly therefrom and'providing arcuate shaped intersecting-portions ther'e'on, stud inembers"forined on the outer end portions of the wire whereby upon the stressing of the s'tud' m'embe'rs the- Said arcuate shaped intersectingportions'may be spread 1n order that the same may receive the stud portion 'of' a collorbutton therein.

A tie holder fastener'of the character described comprising a single length' bf wire having its intermediate portion curved "downwardlyaiiddiaving the opposite end portions thereof extending upwardly "and outwardlytherefrom and looped upon themselves the opposite end portions thereof extending downwardly and rearwardly therefrom and providing' reversely intersecting arcuate'sh'aped looped portions thereon, and

looped porti'ons'formed on the free 'end 'portions of the Wire" and in direct alignment with the lengths thereof.

"Intestimony whereof I affixilny signature.

"MAL-R G'QLINA DO-MENIGO. 

